This book was painful for me to read, in some ways, because I grew up in north Alabama and this book chronicles the history of some of "my people". Parts of my family did move from working the cotton on other people's land, to working in the new factories that promised so much. Nonetheless, it ...
I've read several books by Rick Bragg & I've always enjoyed his writing. His family background makes him perfect to bring the family & area Jerry Lee grew up in to life. No doubt Jerry Lee is crazy, but Rick Bragg helps us understand how & why. Recommended to those who have an interest in the ...
In 2004, I (by happenstance, if not a strange, whimsical predestination) found myself uprooted from 35 years of stasis in Los Angeles, and replanted in semi-rural Northeast Alabama. Many of my friends and acquaintances back home (and, heck, most people I meet here) wonder why I'd do something th...
Rick Bragg would get five stars for telling a good story. The fact of the matter is he got the Pulitzer Prize for telling good stories. I even liked most of his stories, even the ones about alligators. But I actually give him three stars because I did often wish that he wouldn’t be such a good ol...